Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities Manage and evolve Azure infrastructure using Terraform

Deploy, scale, and troubleshoot workloads on AKS

Improve deployment reliability and system performance

Drive automation-first solutions across the stack

Work on ADF and Databricks-based deployments

Debug real-world production issues and improve system resilience

Code & Platform Security Management

Monitor the app performance, security issue, deployment etc.

Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regard to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so Builder Responsibilities Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions using no-code, low-code, and advanced platforms, translating business needs into scalable applications that enhance products, workflows, and decision-making.





Required Qualifications Graduation is a must 5+ years of experience in Build and maintain production-grade CI/CD pipelines

5+ Experience in Azure Cloud

Containers & Orchestration K8s & Docker

Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD GitHub

Practical usage of GitHub Copilot (or similar) for: IaC development, Pipeline automation, Debugging and scripting

Ability to integrate AI into daily engineering workflows

Azure Data Factory (ADF) - Integrated runtime (Self/Cloud) Hosted, DevOps, Maintenance

Azure Databricks - cluster management, log and infra monitoring

Grafana, Splunk and other monitoring tools

Uses AI as a force to multiply your productivity, not just an assistant

Engineering Expectations

Solid debugging skills across: CI/CD pipelines, Container builds, Kubernetes workloads, Azure Cloud

Ability to: Design scalable Azure architectures, implement multi-environment deployment strategies, build reusable Terraform modules and maintainable pipelines

Solid understanding of: Idempotency, Observability, Failure handling, Cost improvement FinOps

Solid tech enthusiast with continuous learning attitude

Automation-first problem solving approach

Actively explores and adopts new tools and open to work on recent areas

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone - of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income - deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes.

We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

📌 Software Engineering Lead - Azure Cloud Services (Hyderabad)
🏢 Optum India
📍 Hyderabad